Countdown was a British comic published weekly by Polystyle Publications – ultimately, under several different titles – from 1971 to 1973. The pages in each issue were numbered in reverse order, with page 1 at the end – a gimmick which was derived from the comic's title in order to create a "countdown" to the number one every week.

 

Under the title Countdown, the comic ran for 58 weeks, beginning with the issue cover-dated 20th February 1971. It was re-launched as TV Action + Countdown from issue 59 in 1972, dropping many of the original strips from Countdown and substituting new ones based on contemporary television programmes. After 100 issues, its title became simply TV Action. The final issue, number 132, was cover-dated 25th August 1973.

 

Initially it was a high-quality (but expensive) publication, featuring full-colour art on the cover and on many of the inside pages, and was printed on coated paper. 

 

I always viewed this as more of a Magazine as it had that feel to it as opposed to a comic.  It might have something to do with the high colour and high quality of the paper.  For this reason I decided to put this in the magazine section and not the comic section.